Linear Slide Manufacturers: Made for Certain Environments

Because linear slides are utilized in such a wide variety of applications and industries, it stands to reason that the companies that manufacture them must allow for many variances in design. Linear slide manufacturers must alter their linear slide models for a number of environments, all of which put different kinds of Continue reading

The Many Flavors of Machine Slides

Like the ice cream that I keep in my refrigerator, machines slides are both necessary and extraordinarily varied so that each model can suit the needs of specific applications perfectly. For me, the type of ice cream I choose is a reflection of my emotional state, and emotional need, at the time. If you are a mechanic working in any number of industrial settings and Continue reading

Linear Slides Distributors: The Website Design

To keep up with the competition and keep your customers happy, every distribution operation must invest heavily in an excellent website. The internet is our society’s main form of marketing these days, more so then print ads and maybe even more then television. When a person or company is searching for a product, they don’t go to the yellow pages but Continue reading

Positioning Stages: The Maneuverable Table


Tabletops are one of those necessities that we may think we can do without but are actually vital to us in industrial, commercial and residential contexts alike. Although meals do not require a table to be eaten, a restaurant without tables would be a strange place indeed. Outside of the residential spectrum, office buildings must have table space for computers, phones and Continue reading

Linear Guide: The Framework

Tusk Direct, Inc. Linear Slides PhotosLinear Guide Photos Courtesy of Tusk Direct, Inc.

A guide can take numerous shapes, such as a human being who shows you to your seats at a Broadway Musical or the small mechanical phenomenon known as GPS, which can guide you to any address inputted into its system and do so with a British accent. The guides used for linear slides do direct the movement of Continue reading

I Was Meant for the Linear Stage

Velmex, Inc. Linear Slides Photo

Linear Slide Photo Courtesy of Velmex, Inc.

A stage as I imagine it is a wide space with props and costumes and actors reciting lines with vast amounts of emotional investment, although this is not the type of stage linear slides are. A linear stage is in essence a linear slide; referring to one is the same as referring to the other. A linear slide is a like a stage in that it is Continue reading

Telescopic Slides to the Rescue

Parker Hannifin - Electromechanical Division Linear Slides Photo

Linear Slide Photo Courtesy of Parker Hannifin – Electromechanical Division.

When firefighters use their trucks, hoses and ladders to save lives, it is not the equipment we thank but the people who utilized it. The same goes for police officers, forest rescue teams and emergency medical technicians, as well as any other rescue oriented professionals that are able to do what they do because of the Continue reading

Ball Bearing Slides: Simplicity Defined

Very few things in our modern society are as simple as the ball. A basic shape that children learn to recognize before they can speak, it is the shape that inspired the wheel and is therefore one of the most basic elements of engineering practices. Without the ball, who knows what our world would Continue reading

Roller Tables: Heavy Load Capacity

If you have a heavy duty application that requires a linear slide that can handle some serious weight, then the roller table is the device you are looking for. Able to push, pull and position objects or machine parts with precise maneuverability and controlled speeds when attached to an electric motor, the roller table is a more complex version of the Continue reading